Kolo Muani Faces Tottenham No. 9 Test After Solanke Injury

kolo muani may soon be asked to lead Tottenham Hotspur’s attack after Dominic Solanke was injured, a turn that leaves the club with three available forwards and very little room for error. Randal Kolo Muani has started recent games, but he has offered no real goal threat and has often been one of the first substitutes off.

Tottenham Hotspur Attack

Tottenham’s scoring problems in the 2025/26 Premier League season have piled pressure on the front line. Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are gone, Xavi Simons has recently been injured, and James Maddison will soon return from a torn ACL.

That leaves Richarlison, Kolo Muani and Mathys Tel as the three Tottenham forwards standing while Solanke is sidelined. Tel is the only one producing anything of note right now, yet Roberto De Zerbi does not currently start him.

Randal Kolo Muani Form

The case for Kolo Muani as the main No. 9 is built more on necessity than form. This season he has been an abject failure in a Tottenham shirt aside from a hat trick against PSG, a sharp drop from the reputation he built at Eintracht Frankfurt and the important role he played for France at the World Cup.

He was also quite good for Igor Tudor at Juventus in 2024/25, which is why De Zerbi has spoken highly of him. But recent starts have not changed the basic picture: he has not produced a real goal threat and has not kept his place for long in recent games.

De Zerbi's Forward Choice

De Zerbi may now use Kolo Muani as the central striker in a 4-3-3 or place him up front with Tel or Richarlison in support. Either way, Tottenham’s next attacking setup has been narrowed by Solanke’s injury, and the manager’s strongest available option may be a forward who has yet to deliver in the shirt this season.